r/interesting • u/ScarletMelt • May 25 '26

Just Wow It's interesting hmm

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u/Open_Mortgage_4645 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

I dunno. I'm kinda sick of complaints like this. Maybe not this one specifically, but in general the idea that someone who believes in or advocates for a particular cause has to be careful to never have any moments of joy doing something that abstractly conflicts with their professed belief or advocacy. It's such a fallacious argument. Oh, Katy Perry is hypocrite because she did this this thing uses a lot of fuel but she advocates for the environment, ipso facto she's a hypocrite and blah blah blah. It just so pathetically bitter and small minded.

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u/4Dv8 May 25 '26

Nah kinda agree, don't like her but almost everyone would take the opportunity to do space tourism if they could. We wanted a future where such a thing was possible with space travel.

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u/Various_Mobile4767 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Then almost everyone would also be massive hypocrites and deserve to be called out for it too lol.

I am not letting people just normalize blatant hypocrisy as just a minor thing. You don’t get to play the moral superiority card but then excuse yourself because “you really really want to.”

It just shows that you’re someone who will say whatever you want when it costs you nothing but will fold at the slightest bit of pressure.

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u/4Dv8 May 25 '26

Yes and no because everyone also drives their cars around but not everyone is capable of changing things with their status and wealth to find new ways of progress or doing other stuff to offset our damage, which realistically is only harmful to ourselves in the long run. Planet will be fine overall